Rocket Stove Bench

The rocket stove and cob bed and bench are essentially finished.
Rocket stove bench. So the design of the rocket stove is extremely versatile. The rocket stove which i will detail more in yet another post has 25 feet of horizontal run that wraps through the bed into the bench and out the southern wall of the house. Over worked friends just kinda melt onto the bench when they come over for dinner.
As the fire starts and the burn tunnel heats up the rising hot air races up the heat riser drawing lots of air behind it. A rocket stove is a small portable stove that is very efficient. This incoming air flows into the feed tube and across the burning wood.
The rocket mass heater builder s guide. Ernie and erica have taught tons and tons of workshops on how to build them. Went through one winter without tile very successful heating season.
Cleanout after heating season showed very little ash or buildup inside the bench and bell. Door from a barrel stove kit. 8 stove metal bell made from a 100 gallon water heater tank flue has a bypass.
A rocket stove can be an extremely portable stove for cooking or massive rocket mass heater for heating a small cabin or hut. The rocket mass stove has been running for a week straight. Cleanouts in the bench and masonry bell two places.
Laying out the flue pipe. Ideally if you want to be extremely resilient to the uncertainties of life you should invest in a small portable rocket stove and a large rocket mass heater as well. Rocket stoves are open where the wood is fed in allowing lots of oxygen to be drawn into the unit.